[OLPC India] Issues on the ground .. Please pardon the howlers due to blackberry use..

[JV Avadhanulu]

Dear Satish,

Thank you for your mail.

The Secretary of Min Of HRD at the Center said something to the effect that 
Min of HRD does not support OLPC. The genesis of OLPC India was to gather 
some momentum despite this inhibitor. The following is a  quote (form my 
archive)from the OLPC India Wiki (which appears to be deleted now as the 
link does not work)
" It is unfortunate that the HRD Ministry didn't show positive vibes to 
participate in the education mission of the OLPC project. But, that doesn't 
imply that OLPC won't happen in India! http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India"

When a paradigm shift is in the offing, the skeptics out number the 
believers ( in my experience). When the Powers that be come up with 
negativity, it strengthens the skeptics and takes time and effort to change 
the perceptions. I faced this quite a bit in Auroville. I mentioned the 
other, interlinked factors in my other mail, a few minutes ago. It would be 
great if we could address these as suggested by Gowri.

Regards,
JV Avadhanulu
+91-9443797563
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Satish Jha" <jha.satish at gmail.com>
To: "JV Avadhanulu" <jv at auroville.org.in>; <india-bounces at lists.laptop.org>; 
"Usha Gowri" <usha.gowri at gmail.com>; <india at lists.laptop.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Issues on the ground .. Please pardon the howlers 
due to blackberry use..


> .I am glad to hear from you and thank you Gowri for triggering a new round 
> of energy.
>
> While I will take up the other 5 questions you refer to, I am curious to 
> understand which government is it .. Local , state of the center? And what 
> negativity to you notice? Perceptional? Or specific? It may be very 
> helpful to know.
>
> Thank you so much
> 6. The negative stance of the Government is big dampener and inhibits 
> School Administrators and potential funders. Can we do something to shift 
> negative stance of the Government?
> Please pardon my brevity! Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>